MATH 015 Myths and Legendary Characters B

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BENTHESICYME (Benthesikyme) One of the sea nymphs, a daughter of the god Poseidon. Her name means “deep wave” and she was the wife an Ethiopian king named Enalos “the man of the sea.”

BRIAREUS Briareos) The god of violent sea-storms. He was one of the Hecatoncheires, three hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants, and a son-in-law of Poseidon who made his home on the floor of the Aegean sea.

BLYTHOS One of the Ickhthyocentaurs or fish-tailed sea-centaurs. He and his brother Aphros brought the goddess Aphrodite to shore following her sea-birth. His name means “sea-depths”.

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